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At the end of the war Vernon Baker was a second lieutenant but in May of 1945 he became a first lieutenant. His...

At the time of Robert Jagers' landing [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS LST-351] at Anzio [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

Raymond Cauble stayed in Italy until after Japan surrendered [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945...

The war changed Richard Field. Field was used to being away from home but nothing prepared him for combat. After he...

In the beginning, Alfred Dietrick would go to the movies before going overseas and the Germans looked invincible. The...

Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. served with the 772nd Bombardment Squadron, 463rd Bombardment Group, 5th Bombardment Wing,...

Theodore Finkbeiner and the paratroopers he was with started heading toward Gela. Whenever they heard shooting they...

Arthur Smith says that when they were sinking Japanese luggers [Annotator's Note: slang for cargo ships], the often...

Leedell Neyland was born in Gloster, Mississippi in August 1921. He had seven brothers and one sister. They went to...

John Shirley [Annotator’s Note: a sergeant with the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division serving in Italy] was...

Charles Scheffel got married on 27 March 1942. He cut his college hours down so he could go on a honeymoon. Scheffel...

Frank Mancuso landed in Charleston, South Carolina then he travelled on a hospital train to McKinney, Texas and then to...

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